use .text() if you're looking to return a string of text only rather than html. And by value of a label, you do mean <label>what goes in here</label> right?
On Dec 18, 5:41 pm, "graphic...@googlemail.com" <graphic...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I use the .html() function to get the value of a label, but when it > contains an ampersand (&) it is converted to & amp ; > > How can I prevent that or is there another way of getting the value of > the label ? > > Thanks